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Collocations for account - noun

1. description

ADJECTIVE

brief, short
blow-by-blow (informal), comprehensive, detailed, full, graphic
He gave us a blow-by-blow account of the incident.
fascinating, vivid
accurate, clear, factual, true
eyewitness, first-hand, personal
glowing, good
She received a glowing account of her son's progress.
media, news (AmE), newspaper
the newspaper account of the trial
fictional, fictionalized
autobiographical
historical
biblical

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VERB + account

give (sb), offer, provide (sb with), write (sb)
Can you give us an account of what happened?
publish

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PREPOSITION

in an/the account
Dr Richards describes this very well in his account of the events.

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PHRASES

by all accounts (= according to what people say)
I've never been there, but it's a beautiful place by all accounts.
by sb's own account
By his own account he had an unhappy childhood.

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2. arrangement with a bank

ADJECTIVE

bank, building-society (BrE)
checking (AmE), cheque (BrE), current
deposit (BrE), investment, savings
personal
business
individual, joint, separate
My husband and I have separate accounts.
numbered, private (esp. AmE)
They have a numbered account in Switzerland.
high-interest, interest-bearing, tax-free
offshore
brokerage (esp. AmE), money-market, trust
retirement (esp. AmE)

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VERB + account

have, hold
Go and see the manager of the bank where your account is held.
close, open
She opened a savings account at the bank.
credit sth to, pay sth into (esp. BrE), put sth into
The money will be credited to your account tomorrow.
debit (sth from), draw sth out of, pay sth from, take sth out of, withdraw sth from
She had taken all her money out of her account.
access
empty, overdraw
Your account is overdrawn.

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account + NOUN

number
holder
balance

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PREPOSITION

account at
He opened an account at a bank in Germany.
account with
I have an account with another bank.

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3. (usually accounts) record of money earned/spent

ADJECTIVE

profit and loss account
accounts payable, accounts receivable

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VERB + account

do, keep
Try to keep accurate accounts.
audit, check, look at
submit
Your accounts will need to be submitted to the tax office.
publish

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account + VERB

be in order
The accounts are all in order.

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account + NOUN

account book
account balance

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4. arrangement with a shop/store, etc.

ADJECTIVE

expense (= an arrangement to charge expenses to your own employers)
Clients are often taken for expense account lunches.
charge (= an arrangement with a shop/store to pay bills for goods or services at a later time), credit (BrE)
email, user

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VERB + account

have
create, open
I'd like to open an account, please.
close
pay off, settle
It is best to settle the account each month.
charge sth to, debit (sth from), put sth on
Charge this to my account, please.
credit sth to

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PREPOSITION

on account
Call a cab on account.
account at, account with
an account with a large store

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Collocations for account - verb

account for sth - PHRASAL VERB

ADVERB

fully
The increase can be fully accounted for.
partly
The differences in achievement between the students are partly accounted for by differences in age.
adequately, properly

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